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I would like to use a jabber client in Windows 7 to use with gmail chat.

I prefer the web based client, but i always keep logging out of my browser which gets annoying.

Im interested to know what clients people are using.

Thanks

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pidgin (jabber of cause, but also bonjour-support)

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I prefer mirandaIM. It´s a multiclient and you can configure EVERYTHNG... But there are also clients like Pidgin which can handle XMPP (jabber) protocoll. As you can see at the pidgin-site, it supports Google Talk.

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+1 for Pidgin – Nifle Apr 14 '10 at 12:22
+1 for Miranda. – afrazier Jul 7 '11 at 13:14
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I've recently started using Digsby, it supports pretty much every chat protocol you can think of. Additionally, it can check for new emails, and new messages/tweets on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.

Of course, you can only use the IM functionality if you wish.

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I haven't trusted Digsby since the whole secretly using your PC for profit thing. They might have stopped doing that particular thing now, but once a company does something like that it takes a while to regain my trust. – Phoshi Apr 14 '10 at 13:11
@Phoshi Thanks for the link, I wasn't aware of Digsby's history, luckily it seems it has gotten better now. IIRC, I wasn't offered to install any browser toolbars or similar, and I opted out of the cloud computing option during installation (though they never actually specify what kind of computing your PC would be doing). – Aistina Apr 14 '10 at 13:30
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Psi is pretty nice and light.

Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the Jabber IM network (including Google Talk). Fast and lightweight, Psi is fully open-source and compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X and has full Unicode support, localizations, easy file transfers, customizable iconsets.

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looks like development on Psi stopped in 2010. No nightly builds since 9th Apr 2010, forum is unreachable and the wiki is getting lots of spam posted to it. – Sam Hasler May 6 '11 at 11:14
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Gajim is quite good; it supports Jabber protocols and has has tabbed windows.

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My pick depending on requirement:

  • Psi as Jabber only client
  • Miranda if I need a multi-protocol client
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Pandion is one of the few Windows-only XMPP clients. It's focus on Windows look and feel, and integration is quite unique amongst the clients.

Personally I use Gajim for the broader XMPP feature set.

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Psi+, development still continues. more features than older Psi, I recommend Webkit build. https://code.google.com/p/psi-dev/

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Has anyone used Cisco's A/V XMPP client? It offers conferencing and desktop sharing integrated with Outlook, Sharepoint, and VoIP.

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Have you checked out the official Google Talk client? Development on it has stopped, but it's clean and still works.

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Have you looked at Trillian?

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